Nick Statt

One thing we've been asked a lot in the last couple of weeks since the subscription launched is, of course, ad-free decoder. Is there a tier of the subscription that is going to include that? Is there something that people can do to remove the ads on decoder? Is that even financially feasible? How does that work?

We're back with Nilay and the Decoder team, answering your biggest questions and talking about what's going to happen in 2025. We're going to change gears a little bit here and start asking some bigger questions, less process, more about your thoughts on platforms and technology. So one question we have from Brian Penny on Blue Sky.

We're back with Nilay and the Decoder team, answering your biggest questions and talking about what's going to happen in 2025. We're going to change gears a little bit here and start asking some bigger questions, less process, more about your thoughts on platforms and technology. So one question we have from Brian Penny on Blue Sky.

We're back with Nilay and the Decoder team, answering your biggest questions and talking about what's going to happen in 2025. We're going to change gears a little bit here and start asking some bigger questions, less process, more about your thoughts on platforms and technology. So one question we have from Brian Penny on Blue Sky.

The Verge was one of the more prominent media outlets on threads, but for the past month, it's clear you're all in on Blue Sky much more. What caused this change? And it can't be just that meta deprioritizes news because that was true for the past year and you were all still using it as your main platform anyway. So what's going on with Blue Sky?

The Verge was one of the more prominent media outlets on threads, but for the past month, it's clear you're all in on Blue Sky much more. What caused this change? And it can't be just that meta deprioritizes news because that was true for the past year and you were all still using it as your main platform anyway. So what's going on with Blue Sky?

The Verge was one of the more prominent media outlets on threads, but for the past month, it's clear you're all in on Blue Sky much more. What caused this change? And it can't be just that meta deprioritizes news because that was true for the past year and you were all still using it as your main platform anyway. So what's going on with Blue Sky?

It's funny you say all that because kind of a cornerstone of the decoder research process is going to a search engine, typing in some information, and finding an article from 20 years ago that tells you the date of when something happened or, you know, a merger from 2002. And that's really, really important to have that information available to you.

It's funny you say all that because kind of a cornerstone of the decoder research process is going to a search engine, typing in some information, and finding an article from 20 years ago that tells you the date of when something happened or, you know, a merger from 2002. And that's really, really important to have that information available to you.

It's funny you say all that because kind of a cornerstone of the decoder research process is going to a search engine, typing in some information, and finding an article from 20 years ago that tells you the date of when something happened or, you know, a merger from 2002. And that's really, really important to have that information available to you.

And it does feel like that is harder and harder to find the further out you go. Which ties into our question from Ty on Blue Sky, who said, with instability increasing in a number of areas, will a focus on permanence see a renewed push? All our digital things are only as good as stability allows.

And it does feel like that is harder and harder to find the further out you go. Which ties into our question from Ty on Blue Sky, who said, with instability increasing in a number of areas, will a focus on permanence see a renewed push? All our digital things are only as good as stability allows.

And it does feel like that is harder and harder to find the further out you go. Which ties into our question from Ty on Blue Sky, who said, with instability increasing in a number of areas, will a focus on permanence see a renewed push? All our digital things are only as good as stability allows.

Well, listener Mike Espinosa had thoughts about what we could ask guests. He says he seems to remember, Nila, you asking a bunch of people, when do you read email? He misses hearing that question. He thinks it would be especially good with repeat guests. He also gives his personal email philosophy. So he wants to know, what is your email philosophy? I'm curious, what is your email philosophy?

Well, listener Mike Espinosa had thoughts about what we could ask guests. He says he seems to remember, Nila, you asking a bunch of people, when do you read email? He misses hearing that question. He thinks it would be especially good with repeat guests. He also gives his personal email philosophy. So he wants to know, what is your email philosophy? I'm curious, what is your email philosophy?

Well, listener Mike Espinosa had thoughts about what we could ask guests. He says he seems to remember, Nila, you asking a bunch of people, when do you read email? He misses hearing that question. He thinks it would be especially good with repeat guests. He also gives his personal email philosophy. So he wants to know, what is your email philosophy? I'm curious, what is your email philosophy?

Are you an inbox zero person? Are you reading your email all day long? More importantly, should we start asking guests this question again? Do you think we'd get interesting answers?

Are you an inbox zero person? Are you reading your email all day long? More importantly, should we start asking guests this question again? Do you think we'd get interesting answers?

Are you an inbox zero person? Are you reading your email all day long? More importantly, should we start asking guests this question again? Do you think we'd get interesting answers?

So Mike's email philosophy is he doesn't, he says, my answer for the last few years is he doesn't read his email. He filters anything that was sent to me outside of his org and not addressed to me. Even CCs are filtered.